Device for locking and tapping beer or other barrels



(N0 Model.)

DE WIRT JOHNSON.

DEVICE PoE LOCKING-AND TAPPING BEER 0E OTEEE EAEEELS.

No. 435,933. PatentedSept. 9, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DE VIRT JOHNSON, OF IVARSAXV, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR LOCKING AND TAPPING BEER OR OTHER BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,933, dated September 9, 1890.

l Application tiled May 5, 1890. Serial No. 350,557 (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DE WIRT JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Warsaw, in the county of Wyoming and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Locking and Tapping Beer or other Barrels; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a locking automatic-closing bung-stopper for tapping beer or otherbarrels, to be used in connection with any ordinary independent faucet or spigot, and when the latter is withdrawn, as it will be after each using, to be self-closing, and having in the face-plate a simple locking device to prevent tampering with the contents of the barrel, and the invention as constructed will be understood by reference to the following speciiication and claim.

In the drawings, Figure lis an elevation of my device, the locking part open and an ordinary plug-faucet inserted in position; Fig. 2, a longitudinal cross-section without the faucet and the locking part in place, Fig. 8, a front view of the locking part, &c.

A represents the section of a barrel, in the bung-hole of which is screwed the plug or bushing B of my bung-stopper, having a perforated straining-tube a connected thereto, which extends beyond the plug B into the barrel, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The outer end of the plug B is formed into a faceplate B', hollowed out and having an abutment l), preferably segmental, and near or upon its outer edge, and extending partly around the plate. A hollow swinging pivoted cover B is pivoted thereto, so as to be swung over or away from the central or hollowed out portion thereof, and provided with a spring-lock c, of any suitable kind to set therein, and opened by a key b, the bolt d setting into the abutment or other portion of the face-plate B. The hollow inside of plug B tapers inward to a point about midway, as at to receive a common tapered spigot or faucet C. From thence it tapers outward to the tube a and receives in the tapering part a correspondingly-tapered automatic stopper D, having openings e c for the liquor to enter after the spigot has been driven in and the stopper forced back into the tube a, which by a spring s, in connection with the stopper D, holds it in place, and when the spigot is withdrawn forces the stopper automatically back into its place in the plug B, shutting olf the flow of liquor. The inside of the plug B is properly hushed, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The important features are the automatic closing of the stopper when the spigot is withdrawn and the two tapering portions inside the plug B coming to a common center, giving a complete exemption from leakage. It also has a great advantage in being independent of any peculiarly-formed spigot or faucet and allowing the use in its connection of any ordinary one, as shown.

The simple, inexpensive, and effective locking device, by which the whole is closed and cannot be tampered with, is important.

The combination, with the plug B, the outer end of which is formed into a face-plate, hollowed out and having a segmental abutment partly around its outer edge, of a hollow swinging' cover pivoted to the plate and adapted to engage with the abutment, a lock in the hollow portion of the cover, the outer end of which is adapted to engage with a recess in the abutment, and an automaticallyclosing stopper in the opposite end of the plug, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DE VVIRT JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

J. R. DRAKE, HENRY W. ZEIGEL. 

